Anybody load 38 long colts?

[Andrew Quigley]

Been thinking really hard about getting one of the conversion cylinders for a 1851. Going to use it for percussion and cartridges so I don't want to reline the barrel and woud rather use orginal long colt bullets instead of the hollow base wad cutters.
Problem is I can't seem to find anybody that makes a mold for this bullet. Anbody out there load these rounds? Can I get the newly required 15grs. of black powder under either the long colt bullet or the hollow base wad cutter? Not really into smokeless. Thanks for any info.

Andrew

[Rapid Lee]

I ran across this site recently: http://www.gadcustomcartridges.com/
They sell heel base bullets for the 38 long colt as well as loaded ammo.  I haven't done any business with them (yet), but they're the only source I've ever found for heel base bullets.  I believe that a swaged hollow base wad cutter will work also, but I've experienced a bit of a lead buildup issue in my 38-44 with some of the bullets I tried.  Keep us posted!

Rapid

[Andrew Quigley]

Ya win the $64,000 question!!!! I've been looking for somebody that either sold the molds or sold the bullets and those folks have the bullets! Now all I got to do is buy the conversion cylinder and I'm on my way. Thanks pard, ya done big.

Andrew

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Try NEI.  Their catalogue is online at <www.neihandtools.com>  RAPINE has the hollow base mold in their ads as 358149. 

I corresponded a while back, with John Hilliker who wrote an article in THE SHOOTIST, titled Getting Heeled.  John uses custom molds from LEE.  You might get a copy of his article from NCOWS?  John sets out his experience with heeled bullets and the required specs.  I have his email address, or get it from NCOWS.

[Dai.S.Loe]

Try NEI.  Their catalogue is online at <www.neihandtools.com>  RAPINE has the hollow base mold in their ads as 358149. 

I corresponded a while back, with John Hilliker who wrote an article in THE SHOOTIST, titled Getting Heeled.  John uses custom molds from LEE.  You might get a copy of his article from NCOWS?  John sets out his experience with heeled bullets and the required specs.  I have his email address, or get it from NCOWS.

The NEI mould number is #176

Heel based bullet

Dai

[Jubel]

I get my hollow base bullets from http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/guns/ammunition.html  and my loaded heelbase ammo would come  from http://www.gadcustomcartridges.com/ if'n I used store bought ammo.